Well, it’s decided and arranged!  I’ll be heading to Alaska on Tuesday July 10th for a 2-month contract waiting tables (ack, am I still capable of doing that kind of hard work after over 10 stationary years in office settings?!?!) at the restaurant of Summit Lake Lodge, located 80 miles south of Anchorage on the Kenai Penninsula, a forested area enroute to highly-touristed coastal towns such as Homer and Seward.  After my work is over, I’ll take a few more weeks to explore the area on my own and with friends who have already declared a fall vacation to travel with me up there!  I also have a cousin in Wasilla, just north of Anchorage, who I will visit for the first time and whom I haven’t seen in many years now.  I have a one-way ticket and will just see how things go once I get there and figure things out!  I can’t wait to see the fjiords and glaciers and mountains and bears…oh dear.    Everyone I’ve told has been incredibly excited for me and enthusiastic and encouraging of this crazy 30-something adventure!  I’ll keep you posted…thanks for reading!